Written for those who are not computer or electrical engineers, this text is for those who want enough information to make intelligent buying or upgrading decisions, maximize their productivity, and become less dependant on others for help. It provides a thorough but concise description of the entire IBM-type PC, including its subsystems, components and peripherals, concentrating on PCs based on the Pentium and Pentium Pro class processors. There are easy experiments included.
By:
Steven Roman
Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1998 ed.
Dimensions:
Height: 254mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 24mm
Weight: 876g
ISBN: 9780387985312
ISBN 10: 038798531X
Pages: 440
Publication Date: 31 July 1998
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Professional & Vocational
,
A / AS level
,
Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Overview.- Bits, Bytes and Words.- The PC Hierarchy.- Motherboards and Buses.- Input/Output.- PC Supporting Systems.- The Microprocessor.- Memory.- Keyboards.- Mice.- Display Monitors.- Display Adaptors.- Device Interfaces: Floppy, IDE and SCSI.- Hard Drives I: Physical Characteristics.- Hard Drives II: Logical Characteristics.- Floppy Drives.- The Parallel Interface.- Printers.- Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission.- The Serial Interface.- Models.- Optical Storage.